| In the teachings of Tao of Heaven, there are many | | | | of himself to enter or leave the body at will. Even for |
| books written by the Heavenly Beings including the | | | | those few fortunate ones who achieved such |
| Holy Beings from the Underworld, confessions of the | | | | accomplishment, they are still bounded by the |
| suffering souls from Hell, ghosts, devils and even | | | | "Hou-tien" (space where all lives live after Heaven and |
| souls of animals. All these took place in the Temple | | | | Earth were created). Thus, if one extends his faith |
| of Tao of Heaven and there are two ways of | | | | into his understanding of the Truth, then extends his |
| teachings. One in the form of olden scriptures where | | | | understanding into his daily practice, and finally |
| divine messages were delivered in poems and very | | | | extends his practice into his confirmation of Tao, he |
| deep sayings and the other way is the modern | | | | can then become a Sage or a Deity in "Qi-tien" |
| layman way of teaching using simple words for easy | | | | (Heaven of Spirit). This is the gradual realization and |
| understanding. The Three Vehicles of Dharma | | | | the Middle Vehicle of Dharma.The Lesser |
| explained by Heaven is as follows:The Greater | | | | Vehicle.Those who attend sermons, pray, participate |
| Vehicle.The Greater Vehicle of Dharma is the True | | | | in charity works, or donate money to help the poor |
| Dharma, and has a line of heritage. The True Dharma | | | | and the needy are following the law of karma. A |
| stays inert when it should and manifests Itself when | | | | Buddhist Sutra states, "If asking about the cause |
| the time comes. Transmitting the True Dharma can | | | | from prior lives, it is what you receive this life. If |
| bring sudden realization to a person. Sudden | | | | asked about the reward in next life, it is what you do |
| realization means that one can be enlightened when | | | | this life". Those who perform good deeds in their |
| Tao of Heaven is transmitted to him by the | | | | current lives pave rewards for next lives. When they |
| Enlightened Teacher with The Heavenly Decree | | | | use up their rewards, they go back into the cycle of |
| through the secret verbal message and the meeting | | | | birth, death and rebirth, just like an arrow that was |
| of the hearts. Transmitting Tao of Heaven is | | | | shot into the sky will come back to Earth when it |
| transmitting the True Dharma. Upon the transmission | | | | exhausted itself. Since the practice of performing |
| of Tao of Heaven, one may even instantly become a | | | | good deeds will only keep the practitioner as a good |
| Buddha, taking the gaint step of transcending the | | | | person, it is the Lesser Vehicle of Dharma. This |
| "Qi-tien" (Heaven of Spirit) and the returning to | | | | practice cannot help one to return to "Li-tien" |
| "Li-tien" (Heaven of Truth). Tao of Heaven is so | | | | (Heaven of Truth or the Void).My Heavenly Master |
| precious that whoever receives It becomes a | | | | JiGong said, "The heart of Stableness must be |
| Buddha or a Saint, and It has never been transmitted | | | | purified on earth. The path of Full Enlightenment must |
| lightly before. This is why Confucius said, "One who | | | | be accomplished in the world. Break away with the |
| awakes to Tao in the morning will not have any | | | | Form and Shape Affairs of the Door of Emptiness! |
| regret even if he dies in the same night".This is | | | | Should one's mind be free from dust (external |
| further confirmed by "Hui Neng," the Sixth Patriarch in | | | | disturbances), why does one need to wear the |
| The Sutra on Prajna (wisdom) as follows:"In the | | | | kasaya?""Heart of Stableness" means a state of mind |
| future, if an initiate of my dharma should make a | | | | where one can stay calm and unperturbed in all |
| vow in company with his fellow disciples to devote | | | | external forms and conditions, known as "Dhyana" in |
| his whole life without retrogression to the practice of | | | | Sanskrit and "Zen" in Japanese."Form and Shape |
| the teaching of this "sudden" dharma, in the same | | | | Affair" explains that some religious staff who lived in |
| spirit and dedication as that for serving Buddha, he | | | | temples or monasteries may not realize the true |
| would reach without failure the Path of Holiness. But | | | | essence of Emptiness. On one hand, they are |
| this righteous person must be transmitted | | | | 'detached' with the forms and shapes of a worldly life |
| confidentially from heart to heart the instruction | | | | such as family, career, etc; but on the other hand, |
| handed down from the past Patriarchs; and yet no | | | | they 'dwell on' the forms and shapes of a 'divine' life |
| attempt should be made to conceal this method of | | | | such as religious rituals, creed, spiritual honor, merit, |
| immediacy".The Middle Vehicle.Buddhism emphasizes | | | | etc."Door of Emptiness" means monasteries or |
| Zen, seeking enlightenment through introspection and | | | | nunneries. Buddhism holds that within the universe, all |
| meditation. Through this practice, miseries can be | | | | conditional things and affairs that bear shapes and |
| demolished and salvation is brought to all. Taoism | | | | forms are essentially Empty. They are just a |
| emphasizes the refinement of vitality into spirit, and | | | | gathering and dispersion of Causes, Conditions and |
| then from spirit into soul. This practice circulates the | | | | Consequences and hence do not contain a real nature |
| spiritual energy inside the body through the meridians, | | | | and constant value."Kasaya (Jia-Sha)" means the |
| and finally interacting the spirit of fire from the heart | | | | three regulation-garments of a buddhist monk. Here, |
| and the spirit of water from the kidneys to coagulate | | | | Jia-Sha refers to the 'uniform' of all religious |
| into the immortal embryo. This methodology applies | | | | personnel.Author: T.A ChewT.A Chew, in 1995 was |
| abdominal breathing techniques to start the process, | | | | told by a medium through a Taoist Holy Book that he |
| and utilizes soft breathing techniques to incubate, | | | | was a monk in one of his previous lives in China. In |
| coagulating the spirit and the soul. Finally, a flash of | | | | that huge temple, there were a lot of a certain kind |
| the true "yang" (fire) or the true "yin" (water) will | | | | of flowers favored by the Emperor and he was a |
| appear, allowing either the "Yin-shen" (the 'yin' spiritual | | | | preacher there. In this life he has to do the same |
| image) or the "Yang-shen" (the 'yang' spiritual image) | | | | thing, but it is Tao of Heaven. |